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Comptia Project + Project Management

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1. Describes when and how human resource requirements will be met






2. Schedule activity that follows a predecessor activity as determined by their logical relationship






3. Documents and presentations that provide organized and summarized work performance information - earned value management parameters and calculations - and analyses of project work progress and status






4. The process of managing procurement relationships - monitoring contract performance - and making changes and corrections as needed






5. Processes required to ensure timely and appropriate generation - collection - distribution - storage - retrieval - and ultimate disposition of project information






6. A point in time associated with schedule activity's completion.






7. Graphic display of schedule related information.






8. Approved integrated scope-schedule-cost plan for the project work against which project execution is compared to measure and manage performance






9. Temporary endeavor undertaken to create a unique product - service or result






10. Determining project stakeholder information needs and defining a communication approach






11. A specific technique for measuring the performance of work and used to establish the performance measurement baseline






12. An estimating technique that uses the values of parameters - such as scope - cost - budget - and duration or measures of scale such as size - weight - and complexity from a previous similar activity as the basis of estimating the same parameter or me






13. Specific type of management activity that contributes to the execution of a process and that may employ one or more techniques and tools






14. Analytical technique to determine the essential features and relationships of components in the project management plan to establish a reserve for the schedule duration - budget - estimated cost or funds for a project






15. Structure in which the project manager shares responsibility with the functional managers for assigning priorities and directing the work of persons assigned to the project






16. Document describing how project risk management will be structured and performed on the project. contains the list of project risks - the results of risk analysis and risk responses






17. Process of numerically analyzing the effect of identified risks on overall project objectives






18. Processes and activities needed to identify - define - combine - unify and coordinate the various processes and project management activities within the project management process groups






19. A group of related projects managed in a coordinated way to obtain benefits and control not available from managing them individually.






20. The statue - quality or sense of being restricted to a given course of action or inaction. an applicable restriction or limitation - either internal or external to a project - which will affect the performance of the project or a process.






21. A documented tabulation of schedule activities that shows the activity description - activity identifier - and a sufficiently detailed scope of work description so project team members understand what work is to be performed






22. Quantifiable deviation - departure or divergence away from a known baseline or expected value






23. The merging or joining of parallel schedule network paths into the same node in a project schedule network diagram. characterized by a schedule activity with more than one predecessor activity






24. Performed to defined a new project or a new phase of an existing project by obtaining authorization to start the project or phase






25. A point that is not settled or is under discussion or over which there are opposing views or disagreements






26. Specific version of the schedule model used to compare actual results to the plan to determine if preventive or corrective action is needed to meet the project objectives






27. Deliverable that is subject to approval by the project sponsor or customer






28. Authorized budget assigned to the scheduled work to be accomplished for a schedule activity or work breakdown structure component






29. Document that specifies in a complete precise verifiable manner the requirements - design behavior or other characteristics of a system component - product - result or service






30. Any form of schedule network analysis in which scheduling decisions are driven by resource constraints






31. A category of projects that have common components significant in such projects - but are not needed or present in all projects. application areas are usually defined in terms of either the product or the type of customer or industry sector






32. Sum of products - services and results to be provided as a project






33. Approach to optimize project life cycle costs - save time - increase profits - improve quality - expand market share - solve problems - and use resources more effectively






34. Store of historical information and lessons learned about both the outcomes of previous project selection decisions and previous project performance






35. Adding features and functionality (project scope) without addressing the effects on time - costs - and resources or without customer approval






36. Bar chart showing the amount of time that a resource is scheduled to work over a series of time periods.






37. The sum of all budgets established for the work to be performed on a project or a work breakdown structure component or a schedule activity. the total planned value for the project






38. Any of all external environmental factors and internal organizational environmental factors that surround or influence the projects success. these factors are from any or all of the enterprises involved in the project and include organizational cultu






39. Collection of generally sequential project phases whose name and number are determined by the control needs of the organization involved in the project






40. Degree - amount or volume of risk that an organization or individual will withstand






41. Documented direction to perform an activity that can reduce the probability of negative consequences associated with project risks






42. Someone with management authority over an organizational unit within a functional organization.






43. Collection of schedule activity dependencies that makes up a project schedule network diagram






44. Model used in conjunction with manual methods or project management software to perform schedule network analysis to generate the project schedule for use in managing the executing or a project






45. A formal approved document that defines how the project is executed - monitored - and controlled.






46. Making relevant information available to project stakeholders






47. Calculation of the early start and early finish dates for the uncompleted portions of all network activities






48. Something tangible used in performing an activity to produce a product or result






49. The person assigned by the performing organization to achieve the project objectives






50. Depiction in a diagram format of the inputs - process actions - and outputs of one or more processes within a system